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bunk; Kelly was still asleep; snoring loudly。
    He looked out the window at the entrance to the big building; and s aw that the adults were gone。 The Explorer was standing by the entrance; but there was no one inside the car。 Their trailer sat isolated 'n the clearing of tall grass。 Arby felt entirely alone … frighteningly alone and a sudden sense of panic made his heart pound。 He never should have e here; he thought。 The whole idea was stupid。 And Worst Of all; it had been his plan。 The way they had huddled together in the trailer; and then had gone back to Thorne's office。 And Kelly had talked to Thorne; so that Arby could steal the key。 The way he had set up a delayed radio message to be transmitted to Thorne so that Thorne would think they were still in Woodside。 Arby had felt very clever at the time; but now he regretted it all。 He decided that he had to call Thorne immediately。 He had to turn himself in。 He was filled with an overwhelming desire to confess。
    He needed to hear somebody's voice。 That was the truth。
    He walked from the back of the trailer; where Kelly was sleeping; to the front; and turned on the ignition key in the dashboard。 He picked up the radio handset and said; 〃This is Arby。 Is anybody there? Over。 This is Arby。〃
    But nobody answered。 After a moment; he looked at the dashboard systems monitor; which registered all the systems that were operative。 He didn't see anything about munications。 It occurred to him that the munications system was probably hooked into the puter。 He decided to turn the puter on。
    So he went back to the middle of the trailer; unstrapped the keyboard; plugged it in; and turned the puter on。 There was a menu screen that said 〃Thorne Field Systems〃 and underneath that a listing of subsystems inside the trailer。 One of them was radio munications。 So he clicked on that; and turned it on。
    The puter screen showed a scrambled hash of static。 At the bottom was a mand line that read: 〃Multiple Frequency Inputs Received。 Do you want to Autotune?〃
    Arby didn't know what that meant; but he was fearless around puters。 Autotune sounded interesting。 Without hesitation; he typed 〃Yes。〃
    The static scramble remained on the screen; while numbers rolled at the bottom。 He guessed he was seeing frequencies in megahertz。 But he didn't really know。
    And then; suddenly; the screen went blank; except for a single flashing word in the upper…left corner:
        
    LOGIN:

    He paused; frowning。 That was odd。 Apparently he was required to log into the trailer's puter system。 That meant he would need a password。 He tried: THORNE。
    Nothing happened。
    He waited a moment; then tried Thorne's initials: JT。
    Nothing。    
    LEVINE。
    Nothing。
    THORNE FIELD SYSTEMS。
    Nothing。
    TFS。
    Nothing。
    FIELD。
    Nothing。
    USER。
    Nothing。
    Well; he thought; at least the system hadn't dumped him out。 Most networks logged you off after three wrong tries。 But apparently Thorne hadn't designed any security features into this one。 Arby would never have made it this way。 The system was too patient and helpful。
    He tried: HELP。
    The cursor moved to another line。 There was a pause。 The drives whirred。
    〃Action;〃 he said; rubbing his hands。

Laboratory
    
As Thorne's eyes adjusted to the low light; he saw they were standing inside an enormous space; consisting of row after row of rectangular stainless…steel boxes; each fitted with a tangled maze of plastic tubing。 Everything was dusty; many of the boxes were knocked over。
    〃The first rows;〃 Malcolm said; 〃are Nishihara gene sequencers。 And beyond are the automatic DNA synthesizers。〃
    〃It's a factory;〃 Eddie said。 〃It's like agribusiness or something。〃
    〃Yes; it is。〃
    At the corner of the room was a printer; with some loose sheets of yellowing paper lying beside it。 Malcolm picked up one; and glanced at it。
        
    'GALRERYF1' Gailimimus erythroid…specific transcription factor eryf1
    mRNA; plete cds。 'GALRERYF1 1068 bp ss…mRNA VRT 15…DEC…1989'
    SOURCE 'SRC'
        Gallimimus bullatus (Male) 9 day embryonic blood; cDNA to mRNA;
        clone E120…1。
    ORGANISM Gallimimus bullatus
        Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Archosauria; Dinosauria;
        Ornithomimisauria。
    REFERENCE 'REF'
    1 (bases 1 to 1418) T。R。Evans; 17…JUL…1989。
    FEATURES 'FEA'
        Location/Qualifiers
        /note='Eryf1 protein gi: 212629〃
        /codon_start=l
        /translation=〃MEFVALGGPDAGSPTPFPDEAGAFLGLGGGPRTEAGGLLASYPP SGRVSLVPWADTOTLGTPQWVPPATQMEPPHYLELLQPPRGSPPHPSSGPLLPLSSGP PPCEARECVNCGATATPLWRRDGTGHYLCNACGLYHRLNGQNRPLIRPKKRLLVSKRA GTVCSNCQTSTTTLWRRSPMGDPVCNACGLYYKLHQVNRPLTMRKDGIQTRNRKVSSK GKKRRPPGGONPSATAGGGAPMGGGGDPSMPPPPPPPAAAPPQSDALYALGPVVLSGH FLPFGNSGGFFGGGAGGYTAPPGLSPQI〃
    BASE COUNT 'BAS'
    206  a  371  c  342  g  149  t

    〃It's a reference to a puter database;〃 Malcolm said。 〃For some dinosaur blood factor。 Something to do with red cells。〃
    〃And is that the sequence?〃
    〃No;〃 Malcolm said。 He started shuffling through the papers。 〃No; the sequence should be a series of nucleotides。。。。Here。〃
    He picked up another sheet of paper。

SEQUENCE
    
1 GAATTCCGGA AGCGACCAAG AGATAARTCC  TGGCATCAGA TACAGTTOGA GATAAGGACG
61 CACGTGTGGC AGCTCCCGCA GAGGATTCAC TGGAAGTGCA TTACCTATCC  CATGGGAOCC
121 ATGGAGTTCG  TGGCGCTGGG GGGGCCGGAT GCGGGCTCCC CCACTCCGTT CCCTGATGAA
181 GCCGGAGCCT TCCTGGGGCT GGGGGGGGOC GAGAGGACGG AGGCGGGGGG GCTGCTGGCC
241 TCCTACCCCC CCTCAGGCCG COTGTCCCTG GTGCCGTGGG CAGACACGGG TACTTTGGGG
301 ACCCCCCAGT GGGTGCCGCC CGCCACCCAA ATGGAGCCCC CCCACTACCT COAGCTGCTG
361 CAACCCCCCC GGCGCAGCCC CCCCCATCCC TCCTCCGGGC CCCTACTOCC ACTCAGCAGC
421 GGGCCCCCAC CCTGCGAGGC CCGTGAGTGC GTCATGGCCA OGAAGAACTG CGGAGCGACG
481 GCAACGCCGC TGTGGCGCCG GGACGGCACC GGGCATTACC TGTGCAACTG GGCCTCAGCC
541 TGCOGGCTCT ACCACCGCCT CAACGOCCAG AACCGCCCGC TCATCCGCCC CAAAAAGCGC
601 CTGCTGGTGA GTAAGCGCGC AGGCACAGTG TGCAGCCACG AGCGTGAAAA CTGCCAGACA
661 TCCACCACCA CTCTGTGGCG TCGCAGCCCC ATGGGGGACC CCGTCTGCAA CAACATTCAC
721 GCCTGCGGCC TCTACTACAA ACTGCACCAA GTGAACCGCC CCCTCACGAT GCGCAAAGAC
781 GGAATCCAAA CCCGAAACCG CAAAGTTTCC TCCAAGOGTA AAAAGCGGCO CCCCCCGGGG
841 COGGGAAACC CCTCCGCCAC CGCGGGAGGG GGCGCTCCTA TGGGGGGAGG GGGGGACCCC
901 TCTATGCCCC CCCCGCCGCC CCCCCCGGCC GCCGCCCCCC CTCAAAGCGA CGCTCTGTAC
961 OCTCTCGGCC CCGTGGTCCT TTCGGGCCAT TTTCTGCCCT TTGGAAACTC CGGAGGGTTT
1021 TTTGGGGGGG GGGCGGGGGG TTACACGGCC CCCCCGGGGC TGAGCCCGCA GATTTAAATA
1081 ATAACTCTGA CGTGGRCAAG TGGGCCTTGC TGAGAAGACA GTGTAACATA ATAATTTGCA
1141 CCTCGGCAAT TGCAGAGOGT CGATCTCCAC TTTGGACACA ACAGGGCTAC TCGGTAGGAC
1201 CAGATAAOCA CTTTGCTCCC TGGACTGAAA AAGAAAGOAT TTATCTGTTT GCTTCTTOCT
1261 GACAAATCCC TGTGAAAGGT AAAAGTCGGA CACAGCAATC GATTATTTCT CGCCTGTGTG
1321 AAATTACTGT GAATATTGTA AATATATATA TATATATATA TATATCTGTA TAGAACAGCC
1381 TCGGAGGCGG CATGGACCCA GCGTACATCA TGCTGGATTT GTACTGCCOG AATTC

Distribution 'DIS'
    Wu /HQ…Ops
    Lori Ruso /Prod
    Venn /LLv…1
    Chang /89 Pen
PRODUCTION NOTE 'PNOT'
    Sequence is final and approved。

    〃Does this have something to do with why the animals survived?〃 Thorne said。
    〃I'm not sure;〃 Malcolm said。 Was this sheet related to the final days of the manufacturing facility? Or was it just something that a worker printed out years ago; and somehow left behind?
    He looked around by the printer; and found a shelved stack of sheets。 Pulling them out; he discovered that they were memos。 They were on faded blue paper; and they were all brief。

        From: CC/D…P。 Jenkins
        To: H。 Wu
    
        Excess dopamine in Alpha 5 means DI receptor still not func…
        tioning with desired avidity。 To minimize aggressive behavior in
        finished orgs must try alternate genetic backgrounds。 We need
        to start this today。

    And again:
    
        From: CC/D
        To: H。 Wu/Sup

        Isolated glycogen synthase kinase…3 from Xenopus may work
        better than mammalian GSK…3 alpha/beta currently in use。
        Anticipate more robust establishment of dorsoventral polarity
        and less early embyro wastage。 Agree?

    Malcolm looked at the next one:

        From: Backes
        To: H

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